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Monday, June 21, 2010

Musical Monday #146

Welcome to the 146th edition of Musical Monday, the weekly quiz that Soccer Dad and I alternate hosting. As always, the challenge is to identify the title and artist of each song quote below, as well as the common theme of the entire set of songs.

The songs are broken into three sub-themes, 1-18, 19-28, and 29-31. Each sub-theme contributes to the overall theme; or more exactly, the second and third sub-themes contribute to the first.

1) "And rest your head for just five minutes"2) "Sister's sighing in her sleep"3) "So when you need a little peace of mind, come on over boy, anytime"4) "There's my chair, I put it there"5) "And ghostly voices rose from the fields"6) "How can she use, the things she use"7) "I ain't been home to see my baby in ninety-nine and one half days"8) "Why did you throw the Jack of Hearts away?"9) "Well, I got one foot on the platform"10) "Loneliness, the face of pilgrims eyes was known"11) "Chase all the clouds from the sky"12) "There's a silence here between us, I've never heard before"13) "Hold tight, we're in for nasty weather"14) "They studied under Attila the Hun"15) "The chrome, the steel, the metal dream"16) "Now we're spinning empty bottles"17) "He's got a greasy hair, greasy smile"18) "From the door comes Satan's daughter"

19) "No dark sarcasm in the classroom"20) "Groove, let the madness in the music get to you"21) "But he hesitates, then withdraws"22) "She had hair like Jeannie Shipton back in 1965"23) "Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean"24) "If I was walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none"25) "I helped a young laddie called Ivan"26) "Watch the greenbacks tumble"27) "One more song for the radio station"28) "Where I thought I heard Tiresias say"

29) "I found a Paradise that's trouble-proof"30) "Come with me, and we shall run across the sky"31) "I woke this morning found my hands were frozen"

For some reason 18 makes me start humming "Houses of the Holy" by Led Zeppelin, which is probably in there somewhere even if it isn't 18. Aren't Zeppelin songs only about Satan if you play them backwards?

1) Our House - Crosby, Stills and Nash2) Our House - Madness3) "So when you need a little peace of mind, come on over boy, anytime"4) "There's my chair, I put it there"5) "And ghostly voices rose from the fields"6) Brick House - The Commodores7) Red House - Jimi Hendrix8) Hyacinth House - The Doors9) House of the Rising Sun - The Animals, Bob Dylan, "some other folkie" :)10) "Loneliness, the face of pilgrims eyes was known"11) House at Pooh Corner - Kenny Loggins12) Stranger in the House - Elvis Costello13) Burning Down the House - Talking Heads14) "They studied under Attila the Hun"15) "The chrome, the steel, the metal dream"16) "Now we're spinning empty bottles"17) Pink Houses - John Cougar Mellencamp18) Houses of the Holy - Led Zeppelin

19) "No dark sarcasm in the classroom" - "Another Brick In The Wall", Pink Floyd20) "Groove, let the madness in the music get to you" - "Off The Wall", Michael Jackson21) "But he hesitates, then withdraws" - "A Poem On The Underground Wall", Simon and Garfunkel22) "She had hair like Jeannie Shipton back in 1965" - "Behind the Wall of Sleep", The Smithereens23) "Nobody's perfect, mister, nobody's clean" - "The Great Wall Of China", Billy Joel24) "If I was walkin' in your shoes, I wouldn't worry none" - "Flowers on The Wall", The Statler Brothers25) "I helped a young laddie called Ivan" - "Over The Wall We Go", David Bowie26) "Watch the greenbacks tumble" - "The Wall Street Shuffle", 10cc27) "One more song for the radio station" - "Bouncing Off The Walls", Sugarcult28) "Where I thought I heard Tiresias say" - "Castle Walls", Styx

29) "I found a Paradise that's trouble-proof" - "Up On The Roof", The Drifters, James Taylor30) "Come with me, and we shall run across the sky" - "Up the Ladder to the Roof", The Supremes31) "I woke this morning found my hands were frozen" - "The Roof Is Leaking", Phil Collins